(5 Ways To Simplify And Get Back Control) Clutter creates confusion. It is a threat to mental and emotional clarity. Life has enough complexities without adding fuel to our chaotic fire. Peace of mind – some call it flow – often eludes us. Ever so slowly our minds can drift into a state called […]

What Has Become Irrelevant In Corporate Culture? There has been much written and said about the shifting workforce. We see the Millenial generation (1983-2001), entering organizations at an amazing rate, while at the same time Baby Boomers (1946-1964), are retiring. In our research that involved multiple corporations and thousands of managers and Millennials, we identified […]

(Millennials: Play To Their Strengths) When I was in high school the creative kid was someone out on the fringe. We (and their instructors), would say, “Boy. Does that kid have their head in the clouds!” The intended meaning was that they were hopelessly disconnected from the real world. How things have changed! Today “living […]

Every leader wants their employees to perform at an-above-average level. My friends, Scott and Ken Blanchard give two tips on how to fire up the employee passion and keep it burning. First, remember why you got into the business in the first place, and second, connect the dots between an individual’s work and the organization’s […]

Time management can be a way of avoiding the obvious. No one can manage time. Time just is. It flows like a river. But unlike a river, you can’t stop it or store it up. There is no dam to stop or store time. We live in a time/space continuum. Which means that time = […]

Tough times? Every organization goes through them. More attention is being paid to the bottom line. That being the case, equally as much attention should be paid to the frontline—the team members that produce the results. In the earlier posts in this series (part I & part II), I said we need to Staff By […]

I’ve learned a lot of lessons from coaching volunteers. These principles are just as important for our hourly or salaried employees. When money is tight we can either get pessimistic or productive. The tendency is to avoid people. They need the leader’s attention more than ever during challenging times. In my last post I said […]

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